Fire prompts evacuations at Northern Calif. camp

KYBURZ, (AP) - Authorities say a wildfire that shut down a stretch of highway in rural Northern California has burned about 160 acres of dry brush and forced the evacuation of a summer camp.

KCRA-TV reports officials with the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department evacuated between 30 and 100 people from the Sugarloaf Fine Arts Camp in Placerville.

The blaze near the mountain community of Kyburz earlier Monday forced officials to shut down Highway 50 in both directions. By nightfall, eastbound traffic was open with a police escort. Westbound traffic was stopped west of South Lake Tahoe.

The fire began about a half-mile east off the highway in El Dorado National Forest.

Officials say the blaze was sparked when a truck's wheel came off, causing some sparks to spread to dry brush.

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Fire prompts evacuations at Northern Calif. camp

KYBURZ, (AP) ? Authorities say a wildfire that shut down a stretch of highway in rural Northern California has burned about 160 acres of dry brush and forced the evacuation of a summer camp.